Four Memory Optimization Techniques Available in VMware vSphere 4.1

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Four Memory Optimization Techniques Available in VMware vSphere 4.1: "With the recent release of VMware vSphere 4.1 there has been a new feature announced ? memory compression. This fourth memory optimization technique adds itself to the list of present memory optimisation process ? Transparent page sharing (TPS), Memory ballooning and Host Swap...."

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